How do I find all mineral rights in my name. I tried the Lee County online but they don’t have that information.
This is a research project. Do you have any check stubs from operators? That’s the first place I would look. If you know your parents or grandparents had minerals, you can search the courthouse for their names. You should check to see if they have sold anything as well.
Minerals only go into your name when a deed or probate record is filed in Lea County which transfers the minerals from the previous owner as grantor to you as grantee. You can search the index of deeds on Lea County clerk website for your name as grantee. If you do not find your name, then you need to contact the seller or the executor of the estate or ask other family members about the records. As recommended By Jeffreyrs, search the names of your parents and grandparents or other relatives to see where there are deeds. Unfortunately, a lot of families have not kept up with the need to file deeds over the generations, sometimes because of the NM requirement of probate or ancillary probate to establish clear title.
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Lea county has two things to search, did you do both? There are on line records and there is an index of old documents. Once you know the book and page number you can request a copy. The index to old records, should be searched both for grantee and grantor . Email works fine for me in requesting a document and getting it.